Life isn’t fair dammit

How often do you think life isn’t fair? That you deserve to be married, or not married, have children or no longer have them at all, get invited to something that others have, or just be left alone?
Just over nine years ago I committed to myself that I’d be grateful for every day of life [...]

Does your mother love your boyfriend?

I know one of the main stressors in relationships can be that uncomfortable dynamic when a mum doesn’t like your man. Makes everything quite difficult!
But what happens when they DO like him- just a wee bit too much?
I got sent a link to a classic story- of two women fighting over the same man- who [...]

GUEST BLOGGER: Life Coach Claire Macpherson

Stepping out of our ‘comfort zone’
So how do you feel about your comfort zone?
Do you enjoy doing new things and constantly push yourself or would you rather stick to what you know??
Everybody has a comfort zone, it’s an invisible sphere of activity which we feel comfortable doing. Our comfort zone is a constant environment in [...]

Is it more fun to stay single?

I’ve been thinking about this for a while now- especially as someone who has discovered how much she loves to be single. Not, as many people assume, cos it gives me a chance to permanently continue my skank year ways, but because I thoroughly enjoy my own company.
I’ve had a beautifully social weekend- I’ve spent [...]

Are we being too hard on our men and boys?

I run seminars for Early Childhood Educators around a range of topics. On Thursday I ran my first part two course to the popular Teaching 3-5 year olds.
Because it’s an area I know so well, and love the topics around it I came in with a pile of information, but no real set plan to [...]

Should you give your dad safe sex advice?

Last November after 27 years of marriage, my dad came “Out of the closet”. My mum is slowly getting over this, but I know she still cries a lot and I get upset. I have looked for support groups for children with gay parents, but the only thing I have
found is support groups for people [...]

Win two free tickets to Opening Night of God of Carnage

All you need to do is tell me want the tickets below OR tweet this blog post, OR link to it on facebook.
-I will be keeping track!
Winner Announced Sunday at Noon
The play details are below;
 
Double pass to the Monday 27 July at 6.30pm performance of God of Carnage, followed by Metro Q&A with cast, director and [...]

Is it love to ask someone to lose weight?

I spoke on Sunrise this morning about whether a boyfriend’s request his partner lose 20 kilograms before he’ll marry her was a good thing, and how to manage a conflict of parenting issues when a teen is frittering money.
You can see what I had to say on the TV3 website or read below for the text [...]

Bring back that loving feeling…

I rang a friend of mine over the weekend who recently had a baby to a new partner. She said they have been having some rough times and he’s moving out this week. I was, of course, sad for her. It is a hard thing- she’s got a young baby and other children, and her survival [...]

Can you love more than one person at the same time?

The very first story in my book Eighty Eight dates is about a polyamorous relationship. I’ve copied it down below so you don’t need to buy the book for JUST one story (or in face sneakily flick through it in the book store to get the juicy story)
I’ve met these three people and they are [...]

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